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& # 278; Tatjana Huefner was to win the race in Oberhof, valid as the eighth round of the 2015-16 World Cup of women's luge. & nbsp;
Saturday 16 January 2016 4 minutes reading time
The thirty-two Olympic champion in Vancouver in 2010, after finishing the first run in the head with a lot of track record, has not lost concentration in the second run, and & egrave; He managed to resist all''attacco of two compatriots Natalie Geisenberger and Dajana Eitberger.
At the end of the first run of the three German athletes he was packed into just 59 cents, while all the others were more & ugrave; distant. The fourth-placed was the Russian Tatiana Ivanova, separated by 170 milliseconds from Huefner.
In the second run, Geisenberger made a big test, bypassing Eitberger and making you feel your breath on my neck pi & ugrave; old countryman. The time clocked by the winner of the last three crystal balls, even though it was the best ever in the second round, not & egrave; status for & ograve; sufficient to prevent the Huefner returning to victory in a World Cup race after two years dall''ultima time had climbed on the step pi & ugrave; top of the podium, what occurred right at the Oberhof '11 January 2014.
The native of Neuruppin with this result is & egrave; reach a height of 34 successes in careers in the greatest world circuit sledging, just three wins away from the record held by Germany's Sylke Otto. The Huefner you & egrave; even reach a height of 5 wins on the track in Oberhof equaling the record of Silke Kraushaar.
The Geisenberger, despite not being able to snatch the first position to the rival, it can & ograve; consular thanks to the fact that this second place the & egrave; earned overtaking in the standings on the US Summer Britcher, who finished eighth. Now the German, at an altitude of 580 points, nine points ahead of the Britcher, waiting for the sprint race tomorrow.
Third position for Dajana Eitberger, which is proving more and more & ugrave; un''atleta able to aim for the podium in every race.
Fourth place went to Tatiana Ivanova and fifth position for un''ottima Martina Kocher. The sixth staunitense Erin Hamlin, the best of the day between the North American.
The 'only Italian in the race, Andrea Voetter, you & egrave; It ranked the 18th place, while Sandra Robatscher not & egrave; He managed to get through the qualifying Nations Cup.
The athletes will be involved again tomorrow, from 14:30, in the sprint. & Nbsp;
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